Job overview

The South East School of Physician Associates was established and is funded by NHSE to enable and support delivery of excellent healthcare by Physician Associates across the South East, through the education, training, development, employment, deployment, and retention of the profession. The SE PA School covers the breadth of the region, operating out of two hub sites [SASH NHS Trust, and RBH NHS Trust]. 

 The SE School of PAs (KSS) Manager is responsible for managing the KSS hub of the School, leading on the day to day running of the school and overseeing all reporting and deliverables related to the School. They will work under the direction of the PA Directors and Regional Clinical Directors, and work closely with the team in the other hub of the school, to support the transformation of the health care workforce in the South East.

Main duties of the job

 The Manager will act as a regional facilitator of PA-related workstreams, and will work across a range of initiatives in response to regional and national priorities. The Manager will ensure that nationally led PA-related initiatives or mandate priorities are incorporated into the SE PA School activity and identify the best method for delivery. The Manager is responsible for keeping the team organised to time, cost and delivery, contributing to the ongoing development of the south east School to support the transformation of healthcare across the region, working collaboratively to ensure the delivery of the agreed outcomes within the required timescales.  The Manager is responsible for ensuring that robust processes are established to ensure the delivery of agreed workstreams for the south east.

 The postholder will be expected to work in a matrix-style, with NHSE regionally and nationally.

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities. 

Working for our organisation

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as ‘Outstanding’ and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England: 
•    Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021.
•    National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do.
•    We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.